Berger shoots 62 to take lead after 3 rounds at Travelers

Leishman shot 68, Henley shot 65, and Van Aswegen 66.

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The 2012 victor of the event is looking for his second PGA Tour title but he must maintain his form over the weekend.

“I can’t think of winning”, he said.”I think you’ll be overwhelmed if you do that”.

Blayne Barber, at five under, shot the best round of the day with a six-under 64 to climb 85 spots up the leader board. “I guess you’ve got to learn to play hurt a little bit, obviously, if you’re not going to hurt it anymore”.

Ernie Els, who was 4 over at one point in Thursday’s first round, pitched in for eagle at the par-4 ninth and holed a wedge shot from behind the 17th green to shoot 67 and make the cut at 1 under.

Having shot his second straight 3-under 67 Friday afternoon at TPC River Highlands, Russell Knox was offered congratulations for being in contention. “This is my seventh round in six weeks and for a professional golfer that’s not a lot”.

Twice Masters champion Bubba Watson, who won the Travelers Championship for a second time a year ago, stood at three-under 137 after a level-par 70.

Jerry Kelly, who was tied for the lead after the first round, remained at 6-under par after shooting an even-par 70.

He is tied with Patrick Reed while fellow American Matt Kuchar is one shot better off on four-under.

U.S. Olympians Bubba Watson and Patrick Reed each shot 68 and are 5-under par, 10 strokes back.

Jeff Maggert and Rod Spittle shot 66, and two-time champion Bernhard Langer was at 67 along with Colin Montgomerie, Miguel Angel Jimenez, Woody Austin, Kevin Sutherland, Carlos Franco, Scott Dunlap, Bart Bryant and Jean-Francois Remesy.

Low scores were plentiful on a day when Ernie Els made his first ace on the PGA Tour since 2004, using a seven-iron from 171 yards at the 16th.

NORTH BERWICK, Scotland (AP) – Chris Wood and Matt Fitzpatrick were both eliminated in the Paul Lawrie Match Play, leaving their chances of competing for Europe at the Ryder Cup in the jeopardy.

Top-seeded Wood lost 2 and 1 to Daniel Brooks in the round of 32, before Fitzpatrick was beaten 4 and 3 by Alejandro Canizares in the last 16.

The Englishmen now occupy two of the final slots in Darren Clarke’s European team going into the last month of qualifying.

In the quarterfinals Saturday, Alejandro Canizares will face England’s James Morrison; Germany’s Max Kieffer will play England’s Oliver Fisher; England’s Anthony Wall will face South Africa’s Hayden Porteous; and Alex Noren will play Johan Carlsson in an all-Swedish match.